引退を発表したデッカの伝説的ピアニスト、アシュケナージの4年ぶりの新作!
2019年にコンサート活動から引退を表明したデッカの伝説的ピアニスト、アシュケナージによるJ.S.バッハの「イギリス組曲」の新録音。2017年のフランス組曲のリリース以来、4年ぶりとなる新作です。
近年のインタビューなどではJ.S.バッハへ寄せる熱い思いを語っているレジェンドによる円熟の境地が聴ける貴重なアルバムです。
また、20代のアシュケナージが世界的なピアニストとして名声を確立した1965年録音のピアノ協奏曲リマスター版をボーナスCDとしてカップリング。若きアシュケナージのあらゆるピアニズムが味わえる名演を合わせて楽しめる2枚組!
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発売・販売元 提供資料(2021/08/24)
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy was 81 when he recorded these Bach English Suites in 2019; the album appeared in 2021. Physical versions are accompanied by a bonus disc containing Ashkenazys very first Bach album, a concerto recording from 1965; he then laid Bach aside until the 21st century. Bach was never exactly his specialty, but he has achieved interesting results in Bachs music, and this is still true here, even if there are passages where the fingers dont quite keep up with the spirit. Its notable that he expresses admiration for Glenn Goulds Bach playing, even though his own doesnt sound much like Goulds at all. Like Gould, he breaks up Bachs motoric textures, but instead of pedaling liberally and applying Chopin-level tempo rubato, he manages it all with articulation and slight alterations of the tempo. Here, he offers highly lyrical Sarabandes that dont sound quite like anyone elses. Ashkenazys gift for the arresting opening gesture is everywhere in evidence, as is a certain X-factor coming from the pianists fascination with the music. Deccas Potton Hall sound is sympathetic to his aims. This is not top-drawer Ashkenazy, but the pianists compelling personality is still intact.
Rovi